Horse collar



Oct. 5, 1948.

L. Y. DAVIS HORSE COLLAR Filed March Y, 1947 Patented Oct. 5, 1948UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HORSE COLLAR Lee Y. Davis, Atlanta. Ga.

Application March 7, 1947, Serial No. 733,099

2 Claims.

l This invention relates to horse collars, and more particularly horsecollars having pneumatic pads.

Considerable experimentation has been made with horse collars havingpneumatic pads or cushions to bear against the shoulders of the horse.One of the disadvantages of this type of collar has been the difcultyencountered in repairing the collar in the event of a rupture of thetube. The uninlated tube will give no protection to the horses shoulder,and the shoulder will quickly gall. Time-consuming labor has beeninvolved in making repairs to the tubes of the known pneumatic collar.

An object of the present invention is vto pro vide a pneumatic collar inwhich easy access may be had to the inflated tube so that the tube maybe quickly removed, repaired, and replaced, or a new tube installed.

A further object of the invention is to provide a pneumatic collar inwhich the entire neckencircling pad section is dispensed with and theshoulder pads placed upon the haines.

It is a further object of the invention to provide such a horse collarwhich is of extremely simple, yet rugged and inexpensive construction.

Other objects of the invention will appear from the following detaileddescription of the invention taken in conjunction with the drawingswhich accompany and form a part of this specification.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a front View of a horse collar einbodying the principles ofthe present invention;

Figure 2 is a front view of a single hame with the cover plate and tubeencasing material removed;

Figure 3 is an elevational view of the inside face of the cover plate;

Figure 4 is a vertical section taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 1, and fFigure 5 is a transverse section taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 1, theView being on an enlarged scale.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the collar comprises a pair ofhaines I, connected at top and bottom by means of straps 2 and 3. Thestraps are provided with buckles so that they may be unfastened to placethe collar about the neck of a horse. Strap 2 is passed through openingsIl near the top of the haines, and strap 3 through similar openings 5near the bottom. The hames are of somewhat conventional shape, and areprovided with the usual rings 6 for reins, and attaching means 1 for thetraces.

A pneumatic tube 8 is positioned upon the back of each of the hames, andheld in place by means of a cover cloth 9, the cover cloth serv ing notonly to secure the tube to the hame but to protect the tube bypreventing it from contacting the shoulder of the horse. The cloth en`closes lthe tube and passes around the hame, the free edges being caughtbeneath a cover plate IB, the coverv plate being screwed or otherwisefastened to the hame. It will be noted that the hame is provided with arecess I3 into which the tube seats. This prevents the tube from slidingand becoming displaced. It further protects the tube by holding itstationary and thus reducing the frictional wear which might otherwiseoccur by the tube shifting back and forth on the hame.

To ensure the retention of the cover cloth in proper position, the hameis provided with a rib I I upon its face which comprises two verticallegs which substantially follow the contour of the hame and are spacedslightly inward from the side edges of the hame, and two transverse legsconnecting the upper and lower ends of the vertical legs, the transverselegs being positioned inwardly from the top and bottom of the hame.

The cover plate is provided with a companion recess I2, the recess beingslightly wider than the rib to accommodate the combined thickness of therib and cover cloth. The free edges of the cover cloth are turnedinwardly around the side edges of the hame and laid across the rib. Thecover plate is then placed over the hame, the recess I2 tting down overrib I Irand cramping the cloth over the rib.

By this arrangement the tube may be tightly bound to the hame regardlessof the amount of pressure carried by the tube. The tube may be inated tothe desired pressure and the cloth then secured in place. Repairing 0rreplacing the tube is quite simple, as al1 that is required is to removethe cover plate and the cover cloth and tube are then free. To replace,the tube is positioned against the back of the hame, the cover clothplaced around the tube and hame and over the rib II, and the cover platefastened in position. l

Although a preferred and practical embodiment of the invention has beendisclosed herein, the invention iscapable of taking other forms thanthat specifically described and shown herein Within the scope of the`appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A horse collar comprising, a pair of haines releasably connectedtogether, a pair of pneumatic tubes one for attachment to each hame,means for covering and supporting said tubes, and cover platesreleasably secured to said haines, said hames being provided with ribsand said cover plates being provided with companion reoesses to engagesaid covering means.

2. In a horse collar, a hame, a pneumatic tube placed on the rear facethereof, Iiexible means for surrounding said tube and said Haine, withits free edges on the front face of said haine, a cover plate releasablyattached to the front face of said hame, and companion means on saidREFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le ofthis patent:

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